I have hope that this year will be better than 2020. Families had to deal with losing their jobs or working from home, kids have had to stay home from school and work from home,…
Violent Teenager Abuses Mother
Dear Sara,My fourteen-year-old son is completely wild. I have no control over him at all. His father left us when he was five and he has done whatever he wanted since then. If I don't…
4-Year-Old Manipulates Mom
Dear Sara, My four year old son gets angry with me when I try to discipline him. He tells me that he hates me and doesn’t want me for a mommy anymore. I really feel…
Grown Son Refuses to Move Out
Dear Sara, My son has graduated from college and is still living at home. He has a degree in History and says he can’t find a job. I don’t think he is really looking very…
Unfaithful Husband
Dear Sara, I have been divorced from Joe (not his real name) for four years now. We have a five-year-old son and a seven-year-old daughter. He seems to have a different girlfriend every month now…
Dealing with Teenagers
Dear Sara, I have a fifteen year old daughter and up until a few months ago she was pretty easy to get along with. She is less apt to talk to me now and when…
5-Year-Old Intruder
Dear Sara, I’m a stay at home Mom with two kids ages five and seven. There is a little boy age five who comes over to my house all of the time. He will stay…
Sibling Tension
Dear Sara, I have a twelve-year-old daughter from my first marriage and a two and four-year-old from my current marriage. The problem is that my twelve-year-old hates my two little ones. She screams at them…
Grandma Steps In
Dear Sara, I fell down the basement steps and broke my leg. I was lucky I had my cell phone with me. I have two kids ages five and seven and my Mom came to…